WASHINGTON: The congressional hearings into the US Capitol assault were set to focus Monday on Donald Trump’s unfounded claims that the 2020 election was stolen, which fuelled the anger investigators say led to the deadly insurrection. Trump started pushing what came to be known as his “Big Lie” around 2.30am on Nov 4, 2020, making baseless allegations of fraud and prematurely declaring victory in an election he ultimately lost to Joe Biden by seven million votes. The committee says it will show how that initial claim grew quickly into a conspiracy to cling to power by Trump and his inner circ…